1945–1997 PRIZE WINNERS
1945 Leena Siukonen
1946 Tapani Valsta
1947 Clara Grenman
1948 Kauko Kuosma
1950 Sirkka Harjunmaa
1951 Arja Forsman
1953 Arja Sohlberg
1955 Ritva Antila-Seppä
1957 Tellervo Ravila
1959 Barbro Bergqvist
1961 Raija Alestalo
1962 I Leif Segerstam, II Nijole Kasperaviciute
1963 I Juhani Raiskinen, II Hilkka Servo-Junttu
1964 I Marketta Valve, II Margit Rahkonen
1965 I Tuulikki Rajakangas, II Petri Sariola
1966 I Eero Heinonen, II Risto Lappalainen, III Lea Ylönen
1968 I Jussi Siirala, II Erik T. Tawaststjerna, III Marita Viitasalo
1970 I Risto Lauriala, II Minna Pöllänen, III Arto Vähälä
1973 I Folke Gräsbeck, II Matti Raekallio, III Jarmo Eerikäinen
1976 I Risto Kyrö, I Juhani Lagerspetz, III Kari Kurkela
1979 I Kirsti Huttunen, I Arto Satukangas, III Tuija Hakkila, III Anne Kauppi
1982 I Ilkka Paananen, II Teppo Koivisto, II Olli Mustonen, III Jari Salmela
1986 I Raija Kerppo, II Heini Kärkkäinen, III Pentti Rättyä, IV Kimmo Kepsu
1988 I Kari Tikkala, II Eeva Havulehto, II Timo Koskinen, III Tarmo Järvilehto
1992 I Laura Mikkola, I Valeria Resjan, II Janne Mertanen, II Henri Sigfridsson, III Gergely Bogányi, IV Ursula von Lerber
1994 I Paavali Jumppanen, II Victor Chestopal, II Anastassia Injushina, III Antti Hotti
1997 I Joonas Pohjonen, II Tiina Karakorpi, III Jerry Jantunen, III Antti Kaihola
The First International Maj Lind Piano Competition,
August 6–22, 2002
Prizes
I Alberto Nosè (Italy)
II Kotaro Fukuma (Japan)
III Pierre Mancinelli (France)
IV Juho Pohjonen (Finland)
V Albert Tiu (Philippines)
VI Sarah Tysman (France)
VII Joonas Ahonen (Finland)
VIII Mei Yi Foo (Malaysia)
Special Prizes
Alexandre Pirojenko (Russia)
Kotaro Fukuma (Japan)
The Second International Maj Lind Piano Competition,
May 24–June 7, 2007
Prizes
I Sofija Guljak (Russia)
II Roope Gröndahl (Finland)
III Violetta Khachikian (Russia)
Other Finalists
Marko Mustonen (Finland)
Yoonjung Han (South Korea)
Irina Zahharenkova (Estonia)
Special Prizes
Sofya Gulyak (Russia)
Sonja Fräki (Finland)
Maija Väisänen (Finland)
The Third International Maj Lind Piano Competition,
September 13–27, 2012
Prizes
I Sergei Redkin (Russia)
II Denis Zhdanov (Ukraine)
III Gehui Xu (China)
Other Finalists
Other Finalists
Shinnosuke Inugai (Japan)
Oskar Jezior (Poland)
Johannes Piirto (Finland)
Special Prizes
Best performance of the commissioned work 2000 euros: Gehui Xu (China)
Taneli Kuusisto Foundation’s Prize for the best performance of a Finnish piano work (Einojuhani Rautavaara: Narcissus) 1500 euros: Visa Sippola (Finland)
The Fourth International Maj Lind Piano Competition, 17–31 August, 2017
Prizes
I Mackenzie Melemed (United States)
II Jun Bouterey-Ishido (New Zealand)
III Jiyoung Kim (South Korea)
Other Finalists
Hannu Alasaarela (Finland)
So Hyang In (South Korea)
Hyo-Eun Park (South Korea)
Special Prizes
Chamber Music Prize: Mackenzie Melemed (United States)
The Best Performance of the Commissioned Work (Kaija Saariaho: Arabesques et Adages): Hannu Alasaarela (Finland)
Steinway Piano Gallery Helsinki and Finnish Chopin Society Special Prize (shared): Peter Klimo (United States) and Viviana Pia Lasaracina (Italy)